Dynasties: Mahidevran's Revenge

Discovery

Author's notes:

Hello, I'm so sorry for taking so long to update this and my other stories, but life happens. But anyway, I want to thank every kudo and visit to this story. Thank you for your support.

In this chapter, we see that Mahi is expecting her first child, but I'm debating internally if this child should be Mustafa as the oldest, giving him a twin sister like in my other stories or an older sister as a third option. Let me know in the comments what you think.

For context in this chapter, I kept Mahidevran and Hatice's friendship intact (they not only were friends in the show but also irl) because I loved seeing it on the show and since I don't plan to marry Hatice with Ibrahim in this fanfic, she's clearly not dealing with the mental health issues she suffered in the show, like her depression. Also, Rosnë is the alter-ego of Milena from her past life. I chose that name after looking for theories on Google about Mahi's irl origins and one of them was her being of Albanian (or Montenegrin) descent and her name being Rosnë before being known as Mahidevran.

Finally, this chapter contains mentions of an abortion, if you're not comfortable with these themes I'd suggest you to skip this chapter.

Hope this clarifies. Hope y'all like this chapter. Bye!!

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Constantinople, 1522. Months after the last chapter.

Mahidevran was in her chambers waking up to get ready for the day with the help of Maria and other cariyes after being summoned by the Valide early in the morning. Things about harem affairs seemed to chill a little after the last incident between Hatice, the Valide and Hürrem. The redhead was in the last stages of her current pregnancy and soon she would enter labour at any time. Hürrem spent most of her time resting in her quarters accompanied by her maids and her children, she was barely seen outside of it. But still, the auburn-haired was always aware of her surroundings and kept a low profile by avoiding fights as Nigar had advised her before. At this point, Hürrem may not be able to attack her directly, but she could send a maid to do so by following her orders.

As she was getting ready, the fatigue came back to her again. It was the same mix of fatigue, dizziness and aversion to certain foods she had been feeling since some weeks ago. But a realisation dawned on her after thinking about it. Could she be pregnant with her first child?. Being pregnant with his child was a real possibility. After all, Mahidevran had spent many nights with Suleiman in his chambers as he kept calling on constantly after giving her the purple handkerchief and being promoted as his favourite, especially on Thursdays.

"Mil... sorry, Mahidevran." Maria apologised before talking to Mahidevran. She was not used to referring to her friend by her new name and felt weird. "You look way too pale, do you want me to get a doctor to check on you?" She offered.

"No, it's not necessary. I'm not sick, it's just a mild discomfort, Maria." Mahidevran answered dismissing her morning sick as she finished getting ready. "But I will seek one if this gets worse, thanks for your concern. If you don't mind, I need to be alone" She requested Maria before seeing her friend leaving her chambers.

Mahidevran was finishing getting herself ready in front of the mirror when she felt a strange sentiment of nostalgia and sadness. Was the older woman intruding in her thoughts again?. Her common sense would say that the older woman was an illusion, a product of her imagination. But deep down, she knew she couldn't just avoid her, so she just stood there hearing what she had to say.

In an instant after being alone in the mirror, Mahidevran was not looking at her young self in the mirror, but at the same older version of herself she saw before. She was still beautiful with her grey hair but she carried the same sad and forlorn expression of losing someone she loved so much in her past life. For some weird reason, she was not afraid of her older self.